Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Chadagha

chah-DAH-gah (approx.)

The atlas records 3 collection-point forms from Chadagha, across 3 genera.

11.5211°S 34.2792°E

Chadagha is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 10 km north-north-west of Nkhata Bay (North).

Where it is

Chadagha is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (141 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Chindozwa Point 5.4 mi south · Kawanga Rocks 6.2 mi north · Nkhata Bay 6.2 mi south

Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.

The water

Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~248 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

This site

Habitatrockyrocky shore looking south toward Nkhata Bay

Surface temperature here

Across May–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (856 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

74°77°80°83°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (1)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (1)–MApr: too few clear satellite days (9)–AMay: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 47 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–79 °F), 110 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 131 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (74 °F–77 °F), 211 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 194 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 104 clear satellite daysONov: 81 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 48 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (0)–D
Surface temperature by month near Chadagha — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.

The site

A site photograph shows Chadagha's rocky shore looking south toward Nkhata Bay.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Chadagha, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Ad Konings)

Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.

Cynotilapia (1)

Labeotropheus (1)

Labidochromis (1)

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